Matt Hussey

These are trying times. The world is heaving under the pressure of seismic events: the end of a global pandemic, global warming, the deep, silent currents of the global economy and its ability to shock countries, communities and citizens, seemingly at random. No one is immune to these shifts. But

When I take my dog for a walk on a windy day, she goes bananas. And it's not the usual bananas. It's a very special type of bananas. A banana's bananas. While my dog is an idiot at the best of times, it turns

While we've all been on lockdown, things have been, well a lot quieter. There have been fewer cars on the roads, fewer people (except when you go to buy food), and we've been exposed to less noise. While that has led to many of us feeling,

Loneliness: the subject no one likes talking about, but everyone is aware of experiences in very private, and sometimes devastating ways. At the best of times, there are 1.2 million chronically lonely people in the UK, with 500,000 going five or six days without speaking to anyone. These

In a bad mood? Go for a walk. We all know that changing location is good for us. In my freelance days I would tour five coffee shops across a normal working day to "keep things interesting" (read: I couldn't stand the guilt of nursing one

I try anything to avoid being bored. My phone is the first port of call. If that doesn't suffice, I'll haphazardly try to reorganise what's on my desk. If that fails, I'll go annoy the dog. You get the picture. It'